Photographs of Pre-state Israel: As a child, Elia Kahvedjian (c. 1910-1999) arrived in Nazareth, an orphaned refugee of the Armenian genocide. Finally settling in Jerusalem, he set up as a photographer and began making and collecting images of the city in the first half of the 20th century. A selection of them comes to San Francisco for the first time. Opens Sunday; gallery event 7 p.m. Wednesday. Through June 21. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Katz Snyder Gallery, Jewish Community Center of S.F., 3200 California St. (415) 292-1233. www.jccsf.org.